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Custom Designs

Blakeslee Technologies has complete concept-through-delivery capabilities.

Our experienced engineering team will work with you to design a custom (or customized) Rotary Union, Rotary Manifold, or Rotary Automation Valve™ for your specific application.

Our experience spans a wide variety of industries including:

  • Military
  • Semiconductor
  • Aerospace
  • Robotics
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Medical
  • Food & Beverage Processing
  • Energy
  • Consumer Products
  • Machine Tool
  • Steel Processing
  • Automotive
  • Plastic Molding
  • Automated Assembly Equipment
  • Packaging Equipment
  • Construction / Off-road
  • Appliance

Design options include:

  • Seal systems including Close-Clearance™, energized rod, energized piston, balanced mechanical face, U-cup, O-ring, and more.
  • Integrated electrical slip rings.
  • Ultra-pure / FDA / food grade materials and coatings.
  • Base materials including carbon steels, tool steels, stainless steel, brass, hastelloy, Delrin, Teflon, PEEK, and more.
  • Coatings / platings / treatments including hard anodize + Teflon, hard electroless nickel + Teflon, hard chrome, salt bath nitride (SBN), hard ceramic, polymer, black oxide, zinc chromate, and more.

The following is a sampling of our custom designs:

 

  
 

Custom Application 1 

Blakeslee Rotary Automation Valve™
2-station / 3-circuit
Industry: Military, commercial submarine & marine vessels
Application: Automated steering of under-sea vehicle.
Fluid: Soy-based hydraulic fluid
Construction: Stainless steel, Hard ceramic wear surface
Size: 5” OD x 20” OAL 
   

Custom Application 2 

Blakeslee Rotary Union
1-passage / 4” Sanitary Connections
Industry: Food & Beverage Processing
Application: Rotary bottle filling machine
Fluid: Water
Construction: Stainless steel
Size: 7” OD x 12” OAL 

Custom Application 3 

Blakeslee E-M Rotary Union with integrated 12-circuit electrical Slip Ring
2-passage Dual-flow / 1/2” NPT porting
Industry: Medical
Application: Molding of medical devices
Fluid: Water
Construction: Stainless steel
Size: 4” OD x 11” OAL

Custom Application 4 

Blakeslee Rotary Union
1-passage / 3/8” NPT porting
Industry: Automotive
Application: Robotic spraying of door & window sealant
Fluid: Sealant
Construction: Steel, Aluminum, Hard ceramic wear surface
Size: 4” OD x 3” OAL
 

Custom Application 5 

Blakeslee Over-the-Shaft High Speed Rotary Union
1-passage / 3/8” NPT porting
Industry: Energy
Application: Nuclear fuel processing
Fluid: Water with radionuclides
Construction: Stainless Steel, Silicon carbide-to-ceramic mechanical face sealing system
Size: 5” OD x 5” OAL

Custom Application 6 

Blakeslee Rotary Automation Valve™
8-station / 1-circuit
Industry: Plastic Molding
Application: Rotary trimmer for blow molding food containers
Fluid: Air
Construction: Aluminum
Size: 6” OD x 5” OAL

Custom Application 7 

Blakeslee Rotary Union
16-passage / 1/2” NPT porting
Industry: Semiconductor
Application: Physical vapor deposition (PVD) of semiconductors  
Fluid: Coolant
Construction: Stainless Steel
Size: 7” OD x 19” OAL

Custom Application 8 

Blakeslee E-M Rotary Union with integrated 6-circuit electrical Slip Ring
1-passage / 1/4” NPT porting
Industry: Appliance
Application: Assemble of washing machines
Fluid: Air
Construction: Aluminum
Size: 3” OD x 6” OAL

Custom Application 9 

Blakeslee Rotary Union
3-passage / 2” Sanitary Connections
Industry: Food & Beverage Processing
Application: Rotary bottle filling machine
Fluid: Water
Construction: Stainless steel
Size: 7” OD x 38” OAL

Custom Application 10 

Blakeslee High Speed Rotary Union
1-passage / 1/4” NPT porting
Industry: Medical
Application: Contact lens manufacturing
Fluid: Vacuum
Construction: Steel, Carbon graphite-to-tool steel mechanical face sealing system
Size: 2” OD x 3” OAL

Custom Application 11 

Blakeslee Rotary Automation Valve™
6-station / 5-circuit
Industry: Automotive
Application: Machining cell for engine components
Fluid: Hydraulic fluid
Construction: Steel, Blakeslee exclusive Close-Clearance™ sealing system
Size: 7” OD x 9” OAL

Custom Application 12 

Blakeslee Over-the-Shaft Rotary Union
1-passage / 1/2” NPT porting
Industry: Commercial Fishing
Application: Fishing reel
Fluid: Hydraulic fluid
Construction: Stainless Steel
Size: 6” OD x 5” OAL

Custom Application 13 

Blakeslee Rotary Automation Valve™
2-station / 3-circuit
Industry: Machine Tool
Application: Automated clamp / un-clamp of tool changer turret
Fluid: Hydraulic fluid
Construction: Steel, Aluminum
Size: 14” OD x 48” OAL

Custom Application 14 

Blakeslee Rotary Union
1-passage / 2” NPT porting
Industry: Theme Park
Application: Central air supply for interactive space flight simulator   
Fluid: Air
Construction: Aluminum
Size: 11” OD x 12” OAL

Custom Application 15 

Blakeslee Over-the-Shaft Rotary Manifold with integrated Rotary Automation Valve™
18-station / 5-passage
Industry: Plastic Molding
Application: Rotary blow molding of food containers (5 inlet ports, 120 outlet ports)
Fluid: Air / Vacuum
Construction: Steel
Size: 17” OD x 11” OAL

Custom Application 16 

Blakeslee Rotary Manifold
2-station / 1-passage
Industry: Automotive
Application: Thermoform molding of truck bed liners 
Fluid: Vacuum
Construction: Steel
Size: 10” OD x 14” OAL

Custom Application 17 

Blakeslee Rotary Manifold with integrated Rotary Automation Valve™ 
8-station / 30-circuit
Industry: Automotive
Application: Automated clamp / un-clamp of engine component machining cell
Fluid: Hydraulic fluid and air
Construction: Steel, Aluminum, Blakeslee exclusive Close-Clearance™ sealing system
Size: 17” OD x 11” OAL